Juloi Northwest coal project

The Juloi Northwest coal project is a proposed open cut metallurgical and thermal coal deposit which is included in the umbrella Maruwai coal project. The Maruwai coal project is held by a joint venture in which BHP Billiton is a 75% shareholder and a subsidiary of Adaro holds the remaining 25% share.

The Juloi Northwest coal deposit is located in the Juloi Coal Contract of Work and is approximately 90 km west of Lampunut.

BHP Billiton stated that as of the end of 2009 there was a total resource of 430 million tonnes of coal.

Related SourceWatch articles

 * BHP Billiton's coal interests
 * Indonesia and coal

External resources

 * Dave Murray, President BHP Billiton Metallurgical Coal, Analysts and Investors Site Visit", Queensland, June 2, 2005. (See slides 62-68 "BHP Billiton Maruwai Coal Project" for an overview of the proposed project).